Volvo has joined the race to develop a self-driving car within the next decade, confirming that it will build 100 autonomous vehicles in a pilot project, according to the Associated Press.
The automaker said this week it will test its self-driving cars on 30 miles of designated roads in the Goteborg, Sweden starting in 2017.
"We see this not only as a way to make it easier, but also to make driving safer," Volvo Car Corp. CEO Hakan Samuelson said recently in a press statement.
Volvo said the vehicle will be capable of all driving functions, though the driver will still be "expected to be available for occasional control."
Parking will be completely automated, allowing drivers to leave the vehicle as it searches for a vacant spot to park, according to AP.
The company called its plan the world's first large-scale autonomous driving project, and technically they're not wrong.
Volvo has said their plan is only possible thanks to "unique co-operation between the authorities, the industry and the academic community."
Autonomous driving is still at least a few years away due to legal and technical reasons, but automakers like Volvo, GM, Ford, are getting closer by equipping cars with cameras and computers. Soon those cameras and computers will be able to tell vehicles to turn, stop, or speed up autonomously.
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